First Cyclo-cross news & racing round-up, Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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November 11, 2009, 10:00

• Stybar confident victory is close

  

  Article published:

  November 9, 2009, 14:03

  By:

  Richard Tyler

  Czech 'cross champion takes positives from narrow World Cup loss to Albert

  Zdenek Stybar may have suffered a narrow loss to Niels Albert in the third round of the cyclo-cross World Cup in Nommay, France on Sunday, but the Czech rider is pleased with the progression he has shown throughout the season and is confident he will be standing on the top of the podium soon.

  "If you lose a World Cup 'cross round, there really no words for it," Stybar told Sportswereld after losing the two-up sprint to the line with the World Cup leader. "You wonder: what if on that last lap I had not attacked?

  "Of course you never know, but it was not the result I wanted. I would have been better saving my energy for the sprint. But we learn from every race."

  Although Albert has dominated the World Cup season, with victory in each of the three events contested, Stybar has finished consistently close to the cyclo-cross World Champion. He finished second at the opening round in Italy and third at round two in his native Czech Republic. Stybar is confident that Sunday's result is a sign that a maiden season victory is not far away.

  "I must be patient. Every week I come closer to victory. At Koppenbergcross I was ten seconds away, five seconds in Hoogstraten and here in Nommay was only five inches," he said.

  With a busy fortnight ahead, including two rounds of the Belgian Superprestige series and the fourth World Cup round in Koksijde, Belgium, Stybar said he looked forward to testing his mid-season form.

  "I had also trained this week in Majorca, with a view to a tough couple of weeks in late November. When we have to compete in two 'cross races on a weekend, the condition and power will come to the surface. I'm confident that I'll be ready."

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• Tabor Cyclo-cross worlds course unveiled

  

  Article published:

  November 9, 2009, 17:14

  By:

  Cycling News

  Full details of the Czech course available online

  Organisers of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in the Czech Republic announced last week the full details of the Tabor race course, presenting a circuit which is challenging for the racers but accessible for fans.

  The course is similar to that used in previous World Cup races, but adds several new elements thanks to input from Czech stars Radomir Simunek and Zdenek Stybar.

  The circuit measures 3,320m in length plus a 695m starting loop on a paved oval, passing by a new building erected for the race to house the UCI officials and provide showers for the racers.

  Racers will begin with a mad dash on the paved oval before plunging headlong into the dirt where they will encounter the first challenge, a tight S-turn, one of two named after Simunek and Stybar, which goes up, over and back down a small berm.

  The riders then exit the oval and head out to tackle a lung-busting route through the meadow, taking full advantage of the available topography.

  The first climb includes the first dismount, with a series of steps preceding the crest of the hill, and an off-camber right-hand U-turn heading into a rather technical descent.

  Long straightaways allow for riders to power through the second part of the meadow, interrupted only by a set of barriers before they will encounter the second S-turn, a fly-over, another climb, and then a sinuous descent back to the finish line.

  "The course seems very interesting to me," said Stybar. "It is little bit different but it definitely meets all requirements for a World Championship. It will be very attractive for spectators. It is well arranged, and spectators will know what is going on on the course. For us racers, it will be a very difficult, but fair course."

  Come January, if the course is frozen it will be a fast race well-suited to powerful riders like Stybar and women's World Champion Marianne Vos. However, given the multitude of off-camber turns, it could prove much more difficult if the surface is wet and muddy, and would play into the hands of current World Champion Niels Albert and women's World Cup leader Katie Compton.

  The UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships take place January 30th for the junior and under 23 men and January 31st for the elite men and women.

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• Proctor joins UCI cyclo-cross commission

  

  Article published:

  November 9, 2009, 21:28

  By:

  Sue George

  Euro Cross Camp director takes over from Myerson as sole American

  Geoff Proctor was recently named to the UCI Cyclo-cross Commission. He replaces Adam Myerson as the only American on the five-person committee.

  "I have been appointed through 2013," said Proctor to Cyclingnews. "This is huge for me as it's fruition of a lot of hard work over the years and a chance to continue to represent at the international governing body level of the sport."

  Proctor travelled last week to his first commission meeting, which was held in conjunction with the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup in Nommay, France.

  Proctor is the man behind the annual European Cyclo-Cross camp run for young American cyclo-crossers aspiring to gain experience and success in Europe. Each year, Proctor takes a group of primarily junior and Under 23 athletes to be based in Belgium for one to two weeks of training and racing over the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

  Proctor joins Commission president Brian Cookson of Great Britain, Member Simon Burney of Great Britain, Member Sven Nys of Belgium and Coordinator Peter Van Den Abeele. Belgian champion Nys recently replaced Erwin Vervecken on the commission.

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• Compton continues historic streak with second World Cup win

  

  Article published:

  November 9, 2009, 21:47

  By:

  Laura Weislo

  Victory in Nommay is US rider's sixth World Cup

  American Katie Compton continued her undefeated streak by winning her second UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup of the season in Nommay on Sunday.

  The Planet Bike rider now leads both the World Cup and UCI rankings after two commanding wins in the series and her tenth win out of ten starts in UCI racing this season.

  In Nommay, she was able to benefit from a front row starting position to put distance into World Champion Marianne Vos and last year's World Cup winner Hanka Kupfernagel, both of who skipped the Treviso round last month and had to line up in the last row.

  Speaking from her base in Belgium, Compton gave Cyclingnews some insight into her tactics going into Sunday's race.

  "Initially I thought the course would be too easy and fast because it wasn't very technical and it wasn't that muddy on the pre-ride the day before. However, once we left the course, it started raining and rained pretty much all evening and into the night so the course was heavier and muddier than expected," Compton said.

  The sun came out for race day, and the surface formed into a soft but not wet mud, making conditions good for the American. "It was perfect 'cross conditions, a fairly heavy course that required a good amount of power but a sunny day and no need to pit.

  "I made the decision before the start to race it 'American style' where you just drill it from the gun and there is no sitting up. The Euro girls like to ease up after two laps and look at each other before attacking again and that can give people too much recovery and change the outcome of the race."

  After a fast start that forced Vos and Kupfernagel to chase, Compton said she went to the front to push the pace, but by the end of the first lap Vos managed to find her way up to the front group with her compatriot Daphny Van Den Brand.

  The second lap held Compton's sole bobble, which briefly gave Vos an advantage as the World Champion went to the fore to attempt to capitalize on Compton's mistake.

  "Vos came to the front halfway through the second lap and gapped me on the run-up section which she rode, and I slipped. She opened up a three bike-length gap on me."

  Compton did not panic and rode back up to Vos' wheel before twisting the throttle on the next lap and distancing the Dutchwoman for good. She was then able to power to her sixth career World Cup victory.

  "I didn't want to get beat in a sprint by Vos again. My only option there is go to hard and drop her before the finish. If I wait and we come to the finishing straight together, my chance of winning is lower and I didn't want it to come to that. I also had memories of Worlds fresh in my head and could use that to help buffer the pain."

  After several years of steadily improving results, Compton now finds herself in the historic position of the first US rider to ever lead the UCI 'cross World Cup and the impressive fact that she has yet to lose a race this year. The difference? A smarter approach to training amidst all the travel, Compton said.

  "I have backed down my training so I'm not as tired anymore and travel better," she explained. "I still get the interval work in, I just add more recovery between workouts and that seems to help."

  A mysterious problem with leg cramps after travel and issues with asthma meant Compton came into the season with less intensity, but that may have been a good plan for a season that will stretch to the end of January.

  "Last year I had really good form at the start of the season, I just suffered from my legs cramps traveling over to the first World Cup (Kalmthout) of the season so I had to sit out of the that race and and the next one, and took three weeks off the bike in October.

  "Then I jumped into Pijnacker without much riding and it showed. There's nothing I hate more than traveling to a race and then getting my leg cramps, so now I just remember that feeling whenever I am tired and my power is low and decide to skip the intervals that day. A little more recovery and staying on the bike is better than taking three weeks off and sucking after that."

  Compton will continue to wear the white jersey of World Cup leader heading into the next round in Koksijde, Belgium at the end of the month. She will remain at her base in that country before heading home to prepare for the US national championships.

  "I'm really looking forward to Koksijde, it's one of my favorite races because it's a hard one. There is lots of sand so you need to have good technical skills and also a lot of power to get through the sand."

  Compton won the round in Koksijde last year after placing second to Van Den Brand in 2007, and is confident going into the race. "I also know that the other girls are gunning for wins too, so I need to come to the line with my A-game if I want to win that one again. It's going to be a hard race. I love the competition though, for me the battle if half the fun."

  Compton holds a 30 point advantage over Van Den Brand in the World Cup rankings, with the Netherlands' Sanne Van Passen in third at 35 points.

• Vantornout withdraws from Niel Jaarmarktcross

  

  Article published:

  November 10, 2009, 14:00

  By:

  Richard Tyler

  Torn shoulder tendon sees Belgian withdraw from competition

  Sunweb-ProJob's Klaas Vantornout has withdrawn from the Niel Jaarmarktcross in Belgium on Wednesday, due a torn tendon in his right shoulder.

  Despite Vantornout's earlier confirmation that he would compete in the event, Belgian website HLN.be today reported that after consultation with his team the 27-year-old had decided to pull of the race in order to protect his major season objectives.

  Vantornout suffered the tear in a crash at the Hoogstraten round of the Superprestige series on November 1. He completed the race to finish fifth, but was later diagnosed with the injury.

  He returned to competition on Sunday at the third round of the International Cycling Union's (UCI) Cyclo-cross World Cup in Nommay, France, where he finished twelfth. Vantornout had told Sporza on Monday that in spite of the risks, he would continue to compete.

  "The pain ebbed away, but Sunday was worse in Nommay. Two weeks rest would cure everything, but I cannot afford to lose that amount of time," he said.

  However, Vantornout will now take a break from competition to give the injury time to heal. A decision will be make on his return after further medical assessment on Saturday.

  Vantornout finished third at the opening round of the World Cup season in Treviso, Italy, and currently sits fifth in the UCI World Cup Cyclo-cross rankings. World Cyclo-cross Champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus), who leads the World Cup series, has been confirmed as a starter in the Niel Jaarmarktcross.
   

  Overall UCI World Cup Cyclo-cross standings after round three 

  1	Niels Albert (Bel) Bkcp-Powerplus	240	pts
  2	Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	205
  3	Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux	165
  4	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	156
  5	Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team	154
  6	Christian Heule (Swi)	138
  7	Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	135
  8	Gerben De Knegt (Ned)	132
  9	Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas	128
  10	Martin Zlamalik (Cze)	120
  11	Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank	113
  12	Petr Dlask (Cze) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	109
  13	Martin Bina (Cze)	104
  14	Erwin Vervecken (Bel)	104
  15	Thijs Al (Ned)	100
  16	Jan Verstraeten (Bel)	97
  17	Mariusz Gil (Pol)	93
  18	Radomir Simunek (Cze) Bkcp-Powerplus	92
  19	Laurent Colombatto (Fra)	89
  20	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Bkcp-Powerplus	88
  21	Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team	88
  22	Kamil Ausbuher (Cze)	84
  23	Steve Chainel (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom	80
  24	Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned)	73
  25	Marco Bianco (Ita)	66
  26	Jonathan Lopez (Fra)	65
  27	Alessandro Gambino (Ita)	62
  28	Ondrej Bambula (Cze)	60
  29	Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago	59
  30	Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned)	57
  31	Jonathan Page (USA)	49
  32	Wilant Van Gils (Ned)	44
  33	Fabio Ursi (Ita)	44
  34	Ian Field (GBr)	42
  35	Pawel Szczepaniak (Pol)	41
  36	Milan Barenyi (Svk)	40
  37	Jérome Chevallier (Fra)	39
  38	Marcel Wildhaber (Swi)	38
  39	David Derepas (Fra)	37
  40	Robert Gavenda (Svk) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team	35
  41	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team	35
  42	Christoph Pfingsten (Ger)	33
  43	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Bkcp-Powerplus	32
  44	Ivar Hartogs (Ned)	32
  45	Lukas Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team	30
  46	Johannes Sickmueller (Ger)	30
  47	Egoitz Murgoitio Rekalde (Spa)	28
  48	Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home	27
  49	Vaclav Metlicka (Svk)	25
  50	Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned)	25
  51	Sascha Wagner (Ger)	23
  52	Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez (Spa)	22
  53	Marco Ponta (Ita)	21
  54	Jan Soetens (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Cyclingteam	20
  55	Martin Haring (Svk)	16
  56	Zdenek Mlynar (Cze)	13
  57	Robert Glajza (Svk)	13
  58	Julien Pion (Fra)	10
  59	Jens Westergren (Swe)	10
  60	Clément Bourgoin (Fra)	9
  61	René Lang (Swi)	6
  62	Peter Presslauer (Aut)	4
  63	Marek Canecky (Svk)	3
  64	Andreas Moser (Swi)	3
  65	Zoltan Tisza (Hun)	2
  66	Sascha Weber (Ger)	1
  67	Rafael Visinelli (Ita)	1

  
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• Albert, Compton extend UCI rankings leads

  

  Article published:

  November 10, 2009, 17:43

  By:

  Cycling News

  World Cup sweeps distance competition in men's and women's rankings

  World Champion Niels Albert and US champion Katie Compton pushed further ahead of the competition on the UCI's cyclo-cross rankings this week after enjoying clean sweeps of their respective World Cup series.

  Albert has dominated the men's World Cup, taking commanding wins in Treviso and Plzen, but the Belgian had to work hard to get the better of Czech champion Zdenek Stybar in Sunday's round in Nommay, France.

  The BKCP-Powerplus rider narrowly defeated Stybar in the sprint for the line, while Sven Nys battled back from a poor starting position to take his second World Cup podium of the year in third.

  Albert now leads the rankings with 1,160 points over Stybar (945) and Nys (682), with Frenchman Francis Mourey claiming fourth with 588 points.

  On the women's side, American Compton has earned the maximum number of UCI points, 760, in her 10 starts this season by going undefeated in every race so far.

  The Planet Bike rider pulled further ahead in the rankings thanks to her second consecutive World Cup win after Treviso. Compton put on a commanding performance to best World Champion Marianne Vos in Nommay.

  Dutch rider Daphny Van Den Brand continued strong and consistent performances to take fourth in Nommay behind teammate Sanne Van Passen, pushing herself into second place in the UCI rankings.

  Van Den Brand trails Compton by 190 points with 570 total, while Van Passen is in third with 434.  Vos lies in fourth after a late start to the season with 410.

  UCI cyclo-cross rankings as of November 10, 2009

  1	Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	1160	pts
  2	Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	945
  3	Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	682
  4	Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux	588
  5	Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob	575
  6	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	546
  7	Christian Heule (Swi) RendementhypoCycling Team	494
  8	Gerben de Knegt (Ned) Rabobank	430
  9	Martin Bína (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor	388
  10	Martin Zlámalík (Cze) Prodoli Racing Team	368
  11	Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas	356
  12	Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank	353
  13	Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team	336
  14	Robert Gavenda (Svk) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	322
  15	Radomír Šimunek Ml (Cze) BKCP - Power Plus	317
  16	Kamil Ausbuher (Cze) Exe Jeans	305
  17	Petr Dlask (Cze) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	302
  18	Timothy Johnson (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale	300
  19	James Driscoll (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale	296
  20	Jeremy Powers (USA) Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale	289
  21	Jonathan Page (USA) Planet Bike	270
  22	Thijs Al (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne	224
  23	Steve Chainel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom	220
  24	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	215
  25	Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona FSA	215
  26	Jan Verstraeten (Bel) KDL Trans NV	200
  27	Mariusz Gil (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie	189
  28	Laurent Colombatto (Fra) AC Besançon	187
  29	Ondrej Bambula (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor	166
  30	Christopher Jones (USA)	157
  31	Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet EBH Elshof	150
  32	Pawel Szczepaniak (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie	150
  33	Eddy van IJzendoorn (Ned) AA Drink - BeOne	144
  34	Dan Timmerman (USA)	135
  35	Jonathan Lopez (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille	131
  36	Geoff Kabush (Can)	127
  37	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	122
  38	Marco Bianco (Ita) L Arcobaleno Carraro Team	121
  39	Milan Barenyi (Svk)	121
  40	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob	120
  41	Barry Wicks (USA) Kona-FSA	117
  42	Johannes Sickmüller (Ger) Stevens Cyclocross Team Hamburg	114
  43	Davide Frattini (Ita)	114
  44	Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago	113
  45	Lubomír Petruš (Cze) BKCP - Power Plus	106
  46	Alessandro Gambino (Ita) Centro Sportivo Esercito	100
  47	Zdenek Mlynár (Cze) Max Cursor	99
  48	Nicholas Weighall (USA)	98
  49	Derrick St John (Can) Stevens	94
  50	Jesse Anthony (USA)	89
  51	Lukáš Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb - Projob Cycling Team	88
  52	Patrick Van Leeuwen (Ned) Het Snelle Wiel	87
  53	Javier Ruiz De Larrinaga Ibanez (Spa)	82
  54	Joachim Parbo (Den) CCV Cyclo crosss Team	79
  55	Justin Lindine (USA)	77
  56	Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA)	74
  57	Fabio Ursi (Ita) Centro Sportivo Esercito	73
  58	Luca Damiani (Ita) Colavita Sutter Home	72
  59	Marcel Wildhaber (Swi) Scott-Swisspower Mountainbike-Team	71
  60	Jérôme Chevallier (Fra) AC Besançon	70
  61	Paul Oldham (GBr) Hope Factory Racing	70
  62	Adam Myerson (USA)	70
  63	Valentin Scherz (Swi) Pro Cycles-Scott-NewWork	69
  64	Wilant van Gils (Ned) Pro Cycling Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida	68
  65	David Derepas (Fra) UVCA Troyes	68
  66	Ian Field (GBr) Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/GSI	64
  67	Joshua Dillon (USA)	62
  68	Luke Keough (USA)	61
  69	Sascha Wagner (Ger) Stevens Cyclocross Team Hamburg	60
  70	Ivar Hartogs (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida	59
  71	Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	57
  72	Vladimír Kyzivát (Cze) Johnson Controls AS MB	56
  73	Jan Soetens (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team	55
  74	Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin	55
  75	Elia Silvestri (Ita)	55
  76	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Team BKCP-Power Plus	54
  77	Jan Denuwelaer (Bel)	54
  78	Mike Garrigan (Can)	54
  79	Troy Wells (USA)	54
  80	Martin Haring (Svk)	53
  81	Roy Van Heeswijk (Ned) Sint Oedenrode	52
  82	David Kášek (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor	52
  83	Egoitz Murgoitio Rekalde (Spa)	49
  84	Robert Glajza (Svk)	48
  85	Jerome Townsend (USA)	48
  86	Micki van Empel (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida	47
  87	Vaclav Metlicka (Svk) Team Král	47
  88	Marko Lalonde (USA)	46
  89	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Vendée U Pays de la Loire	44
  90	Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Tx Active Bianchi	40
  91	Arnaud Grand (Swi) Thömus Racing Team	40
  92	Lukas Flückiger (Swi) Trek	40
  93	Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans-Cras	40
  94	Marco Ponta (Ita)	38
  95	Brian Matter (USA)	36
  96	Tristan Schouten (USA)	35
  97	Isaac Suarez Fernandez (Spa)	35
  98	Jan Van Dael (Bel) Sunweb-Projob	35
  99	Kacper Szczepaniak (Pol) LKS Pom Strzelce Krajenskie	34
  100	Aaron Schooler (Can) Team H & R Block-Louis Garneau	34
  101	Adam Craig (USA)	34
  102	William Dugan (USA)	34
  103	Andrew Watson (Can)	32
  104	Tom Van Den Bosch (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW	32
  105	Mitchell Huenders (Ned) AA Cycling Team	31
  106	Kevin Cant (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team	31
  107	Ryan Dewald (USA)	31
  108	Ryan Knapp (USA)	30
  109	Jaroslav Kulhavy (Cze)	30
  110	Weston Schempf (USA)	29
  111	Stef Boden (Bel) AA Drink Cycling Team	28
  112	Justin Spinelli (USA)	28
  113	Jirí Polnický (Cze) Empella Czech Team	27
  114	Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) Rendement Hypo Cyclingteam VZW	27
  115	Jody Crawforth (GBr) Arctic - Premier RT	27
  116	Michael Broderick (USA)	26
  117	Kenneth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb-Projob	25
  118	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA)	24
  119	Jan Škarnitzl (Cze) Dimp - Giant Team	24
  120	David Collins (GBr)	24
  121	Stuart Wearmouth (GBr) Picarsso-Pulman RT	24
  122	Sven Beelen (Bel) Easypay Cyclocross Team	24
  123	Mathieu Boulo (Fra) AC Lanester	22
  124	Kris Lapere (Bel) Mez Team Belgium Snellegem	22
  125	René Lang (Swi) Delta Elite Team/VC Bützberg	21
  126	Sascha Weber (Ger) FC Rheinland-Pfalz Flonheim	20
  127	Carl Decker (USA)	20
  128	Daniel Summerhill (USA)	20
  129	John Gadret (Fra)	20
  130	David Seco Amundarain (Spa)	20
  131	Adam Mcgrath (USA)	20
  132	Julien Pion (Fra) Charvieu Chavagneux IC	19
  133	Jens Westergren (Swe)	19
  134	Clément Bourgoin (Fra) VC Rhodanien	18
  135	Marek Canecky (Svk)	18
  136	Gavin Mannion (USA)	17
  137	Tyler Wren (USA)	17
  138	Tijmen Eising (Ned)	16
  139	Todd Wells (USA)	16
  140	Andreas Moser (Swi) Bürgis Cycling Team	15
  141	Ben Berden (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team	15
  142	Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Lingier Versluys Beachbikers Team	15
  143	Craig Richey (Can)	15
  144	Jonathan Sundt (USA)	14
  145	Nicolas Bazin (Fra) Us Domont Cyclisme	14
  146	Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank	13
  147	Zach Mc Donald (USA)	13
  148	Tyler Trace (Can)	13
  149	Andrew Wulfkuhle (USA)	13
  150	Florian Le Corre (Fra) Super Sport 35	13
  151	Nino Schurter (Swi)	12
  152	Martin Hunal (Cze) Velosport Valenta Scott Team	12
  153	Mauro Gonzalez Fontan (Spa)	12
  154	Zoltan Tisza (Hun)	11
  155	Rafael Visinelli (Ita) Gruppo Sportivo Forestale	10
  156	Jake Wells (USA)	10
  157	Kristof Cop (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team	10
  158	Russell Stevenson (USA)	10
  159	David Juarez Alday (Spa)	9
  160	Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	8
  161	Lars Van Der Haar (Ned)	8
  162	Jared Stafford (Can)	8
  163	Pirmin Lang (Swi) VC Bützberg / Delta Elite Team	8
  164	Kirt Fitzpatrick (USA)	8
  164	Gianni Denolf (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	8
  166	Molly Cameron (USA)	8
  167	Mark Thwaites (GBr) Asfra Flanders RT	8
  168	Greg Wittwer (USA)	8
  169	Travis Livermon (USA)	7
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  172	Drew Mckenzie (Can)	6
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  179	Stuart Bowers (GBr)	6
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  182	Jamie Newall (GBr)	6
  183	Derik Zampedri (Ita)	5
  184	Yves Corminboeuf (Swi) Scott SRAM Le Marechal	5
  185	Alessandro Calderan (Ita)	4
  186	James Lalonde (USA)	4
  187	Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	4
  188	Nathan Wyatt (USA)	4
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  190	Pascal Triebel (Lux)	4
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  192	Chris Sheppard (Can)	4
  193	Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team	4
  193	David Menger (Cze) Cyklo Team Budvar Tábor	4
  195	Marcel Meisen (Ger) Team Kuota - Indeland	4
  196	Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb Projob Cycling Team	3
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  198	Matt Pacocha (USA)	2
  199	Cameron Jette (Can)	2
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  201	Guillaume Nelessen (USA)	2
  201	Kristian Hynek (Cze)	2
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  204	Nico Brüngger (Swi)	2
  204	Santiago Armero Sanchez (Spa)	2
  206	Bart Verschueren (Bel) Revor-Jartazi Continental Team	2
  207	Justin Robinson (USA)	2
  207	Evan Guthrie (Can)	2
  207	Karel Nepraš (Cze) ACK Stará Ves N Ondrejnicí	2
  210	Mitchell Kersting (USA)	2
  211	Dylan Mcnicholas (USA)	2
  211	Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	2
  213	Ryan Iddings (USA)	2
  214	Adam Bergman (USA)	1
  215	Kyle Douglas (Can)	1
  216	Joseph Thompson (USA)	1
  217	Bryan Falaschi (Ita)	1
  218	Josef Soukup (Cze)	1
  218	Brandon Dwight (USA)	1
  220	Lewis Craven (GBr) Wheelbase/Gore Bike Wear	1
  221	Ian Brown (USA)	1
  222	Mark Batty (Can)	1
  223	Daniel Booth (GBr)	1
  223	Shawn Bunnin (Can)	1
  223	Tom Burke (USA)	1
  226	Rickey Visinski (USA)	1
  227	Ben Eedy (GBr)	1
  228	Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Sunweb-Projob	1
  229	Wietse Bosmans (Bel)	1

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  4	Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank	410
  5	Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra)	397
  6	Helen Wyman (GBr) Kona-FSA	371
  7	Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Chix	345
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  9	Caroline Mani (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope	307
  10	Sanne Cant (Bel) A.D.S. Selle Italia Guerciotti	258
  11	Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) J&G Cycling Team	206
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• Mongolian cyclo-cross team to debut in Belgium

  

  Article published:

  November 11, 2009, 09:37

  By:

  Richard Tyler

  Mongolia's cyclo-cross team to race at Niel Jaarmarktcross

  The Mongolian national team will make their first foray into European cyclo-cross competition today at Belgium's Niel Jarmarktcross. The race will be the first stage in a three month lead up to January's cyclo-cross World Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic for the four-strong team.

  The Mongolian team will become just the second Asian nation, after Japan, to have riders compete in events on the European cyclo-cross calendar. Bold-Erdene Boldbaatar, 26, Naranbat Ariunbold, 29, Khangarid Naran, 21, and Myagmarsuren Baasankhuu, 18, arrived in Brussels last week for their three-month season.

  Although Bold-Erdene Boldbaatar holds the Mongolian National titles for both the road race and individual time trial, the team has few allusions about what to expect when then line up against the likes of cyclo-cross World Champion Niels Albert on Wednesday.

  "We're not fooling ourselves," said the team's Belgian manager Tom Lanhove. "We will be struggling at the rear and good results throughout the season will be top-20 spots. My hope for the riders is that they are able to shine and get noticed by bigger, richer, pro-teams. That’s my silent wish for each and everyone of them."

  The team's mere presence in Europe is in itself a major accomplishment. Involved in the project since its inception, Lanhove said the team had initially been conceived as a road squad, but cyclo-cross had quickly emerged as a logical fit.

  "Instead of competing against the best teams and riders of the world, our riders get to grow inside a niche sport that doesn’t rely on team tactics, but rather on individual prowess," he said. "We could either be a big fish in a small pond in cyclo-cross or a very small one in the big ocean of road racing. For Mongolia, with its few riders and resources, the choice was clear."

  The four riders who have made the journey to Europe were selected by Belgian former professional Johan Museeuw during a visit to Mongolia earlier this year. The three-time Paris-Roubaix winner has also provided material support for the team, in the form of his own brand of cyclo-cross bikes.

  "It’s not merely a sports project," said Lanhove. "We have selected four promising riders from one of the most isolated countries in the world. For three months they get to live like pros, learn their French/English, make contacts within the sport and experience European life up close."

  The team will be based in Brussels and will compete in cyclo-cross races throughout Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and France in the coming months. The quartet will also take part in World Cup races, before their season culminates at the World Championships in Tabor on January.

  "Our project gives four youngsters the chance of a lifetime to experience this globalised world: that’s something you can’t put a price on," said Lanhove. "The human aspect is, in the long run, the greatest legacy our project can hope to leave to the riders."

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• Nys confident his form is building

  

  Article published:

  November 11, 2009, 12:22

  By:

  Shane Stokes

  Belgian feels he can beat Albert in coming weeks

  In other seasons Sven Nys has dominated the early part of the cyclo-cross season, but this time round it’s his fellow Belgian Niels Albert who is playing that role. Albert won his third World Cup out of three on Sunday in Nommay, with Nys taking third place, nine seconds back.

  The 33-year-old is nevertheless confident that he’s on course for a good season. He told Cyclingnews on Tuesday that he expects his form to keep building and that he now wants to start beating riders such as world champion Albert and Sunday’s runner-up Zdenek Stybar.

  “Everything is working well at the moment,” he said, sounding under no pressure at all. “Every weekend I have finished on the podium. There were a few races where I thought I could win and it didn’t happen, but my condition is really good. I won the big race at the Koppenberg [the GVA Trofee – Koppenbergcross on October 25] and that was a good experience, a good feeling.

  “The next races – the World Cups and the race on Sunday in Gavere – are very important for me," he said. "I hope I can have the good feeling that I have now, and that I won’t only be just on the podium but will be winning races in the next month.”

  The dominant cyclo-cross rider of recent years, Nys has also done some mountain biking and finished an excellent ninth at last year's Beijing Olympic Games in China. He rode the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Championships in Australia this year and while that didn’t quite go to plan – he was 14th after suffering stomach problems during the race – he will continue to combine both disciplines.

  For Nys, going from one type of racing to the other is part of the reason why he didn’t start the season in top condition.

  “The mountain bike championships were late in the season and it was mid September before I was back and over my jet-lag,” the Landbouwkrediet-Colnago rider explained. “The first World Cup was on the first weekend in October and perhaps that was a little bit too early for me, explaining why I didn’t have my best form then.

  “I also changed my bikes a few weeks ago and it took me a while to have a good feeling on my cross bike," he said. "Everything works well now and I feel that I am really good.”

  Nys won the Superprestige race in Ruddervoorde, the event in Woerden and the aforementioned GVA trophy race at the Koppenberg, but has been beaten by Albert and Sybar in some other events. He did not finish the first World Cup, was second to Albert in round two in Plzen and then took third on Sunday behind his two big rivals. He was strong towards the end of the most recent event, and admits he could have been fighting for the win had it continued on several more minutes.

  “I think it was possible to beat Albert if the race was one lap longer,” he said. “But that is racing and it finished there, so I must not complain. The condition was good, though. I trained last week in Spain, doing long-distance training to prepare myself for the next weeks. I guess that was the reason why I was not good in the beginning of the race.

  “I did not have the most powerful legs early on but after half an hour, I felt that I was really good," he said. "Then you know that the condition is building well at the moment. When I do some easy training, I think I will be in a good position for the weeks ahead.”

  Nys is a highly skilled bike handler and relishes the thought of more testing conditions. “There are two good riders at the moment, [namely] Stybar and Niels Albert,” he said. “But I think I can beat them. When the races are more technical and it is more like [pure] cyclo-cross, I will do well. Apart from the Koppenberg race, the other races we have done so far were very fast and it was not so easy to do technical things there.”

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